Prescott named a finalist for Manning Award

Mississippi State senior Dak Prescott is among the 12 finalists for the Manning Award, presented annually to the nation’s top quarterback. It is the only national award that takes the quarterback’s bowl performance into consideration.

Prescott was also a finalist for the Manning Award last year, which went to former Oregon signal caller Marcus Mariota.

This season, Prescott completed 66.9 percent of his passes for 3,413 yards, 25 touchdowns and four interceptions while also adding 541 more yards and 10 scores on the ground.

The 6-foot-2, 230-pounder from Haughton, La., is one of three SEC quarterbacks named as a finalists along with Arkansas’ Brandon Allen and Ole Miss’ Chad Kelly.

The winner will be announced on Jan. 13.

2015 Manning Award Finalists

Name

Cl.

School

QBR

C

A

Pct.

Yards

TDs

INT

Wins

Rushing

Brandon Allen

Sr.

Arkansas

87.2

224

344

65.1

3,125

29

7

7

116 yds, 1 TD

Trevone Boykin

Sr.

TCU

82.3

257

396

64.9

3,575

31

10

10

612 yds, 9 TDs

Connor Cook

Sr.

Michigan State

78.0

194

337

57.6

2,730

24

4

10

NA

Brandon Doughty

Sr.

Western Kentucky

85.8

322

444

72.5

4,184

42

6

10

NA

Kevin Hogan

Sr.

Stanford

85.3

185

271

68.3

2,500

23

7

10

294 yds, 4 TDs

Chad Kelly

Jr.

Ole Miss

86.4

277

425

65.2

3,740

27

12

9

427 yds, 10 TDs

Paxton Lynch

Jr.

Memphis

81.0

280

406

69.0

3,670

28

3

9

240 yds, 2 TDs

Baker Mayfield

Jr.

Oklahoma

82.0

243

354

68.6

3,389

35

5

11

420 yds, 7 TDs

Dak Prescott

Sr.

Mississippi State

81.1

291

435

66.9

3,413

25

4

8

541 yds, 10 TDs

Keenan Reynolds

Sr.

Navy

71.1

46

84

54.8

964

6

1

9

1,093 yds, 19 TDs

Greg Ward, Jr.

Jr.

Houston

80.2

196

283

69.3

2,502

16

5

11

893 yds, 17 TDs

Deshaun Watson

So.

Clemson

86.9

261

371

70.4

3,223

27

10

12

756 yds, 9 TDs

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